Who needs jewelry fit for a queen when you can buy baubles meant for a pharaoh?
Ancient jewelry is up for auction at Christie's on Feb. 4, where buyers can snag a piece of history for less than today's modern fine jewelry.
“I’d much rather have an amethyst necklace with a strong historical presence rather than something else that everyone is going to wear and look the same,” Hannah Fox Solomon, a senior specialist and head of the department of the antiquities at Christie’s, told The Post. “While it’s less than a Bvlgari necklace, this is the best of the best of what we offer,” Solomon said, recalling one client who bought similar beaded necklaces in bulk to hand out to her staff.An amethyst beaded necklace, which dates back to from 1st century B.C. to 1st century A.D., will be available at auction for less than modern luxury jewelry.Two different pairs of earrings are also slated to be auctioned.
The most expensive item to be auctioned, however, is a gold strap necklace from Ancient Greece, which is adorned with pendants resembling beech nuts that are attached along the length of the necklace. The piece is expected to be auctioned for $20,000 to $30,000. When donning ancient pieces, then, she advised wearing the pieces on “a special occasion,” like a gala or dinner with friends, “rather than doing the dishes.”
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